Cigarette container



Aug. 18, 1936. H. A. LUBKE CIGARETTE CONTAIN ER Filed April 5, 1934lnvenlor rzma raj .ZzoZ/Z'e 4 Home y Patented Aug. 18, 1936 NETED STATP'ATE NT OFFIQE 1 Claim.

My invention relates generally to cigarette containers, and particularlyto a cigarette container forming a package of cigarettes includingmatches, and an important object of my invention is to provide apractical and convenient device of this character which is adequatelyefficient and inexpensive to warrant general use thereof.

It is also an important object of my invention to provide a container ofthe character described which is formed substantially of a single sheetof material and which may be made in different sizes for containingdifferent numbers of cigarettes and matches.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from areading of the following description in connection with the drawing,wherein for purposes of illustration I have shown a preferred embodimentof my invention.

In the drawing:-

Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the cover flap closed.

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken through Figure 1approximately on the line 22 but showing the cover flap open.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the embodiment showing the cigaretteholder removed.

Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the blank.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the slide.

Figure 7 is a plan view of the blank from which the slide is formed.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 5 refers generally tothe tube of the container in which the slide I5 is telescoped. The slide6 is to contain the cigarettes I while the tube 5 contains both theslide and the matches 8.

The tube is formed from the blank shown in Figure 5 in a single piececomprising the body 40 portion 9, the side portion I9, the back portionII, the side portion I2 and the back flap I3. On the upper end of themain body portion is a flap or portion I6 and on the lower end of themain body portion 9 is the portion I5 which has 45 a transverse row ofholes I6 therein and the fold lines ZI and 22 arranged one on each sideof said row and paralleling the same. The main part of the blank isfolded on the lines 28 and 29, 30 and SI, and the flap I3 fastened inany 50 suitable manner to a portion of the inner face of the back II.The blank is slit on the upper portions of the fold lines 29 and 30 asshown at 29 and 30, the material between the slits forming an extensionof the flap I4 and this 55 extension is provided with a transverse rowof holes I? and the pair of fold lines 24 and 25. Above the line 25 andbelow the line 24 are the match striking portions I8 and I9.

The extension of the flap I4 is first folded on the line 24 and then onthe line 25 and inwardly 5 of the box formed by the previous folding otthe blank so that the row of holes II'will be in the substantiallyhorizontally arranged portion of the extension between the lines 24 and25 as shown in Figures 1, 3, and 4, the flap I4 10 extending downwardlyfrom the fold line 25 substantially vertical for the major portion ofits length and parallel to a portion of the front 9, the parts 9 and I4being connected together by a staple 21 or other fastening device. This15 folding of the flap and the extension formed by a part of the front 9places the horizontal portion carrying the holes H at a point spacedfrom the top of the box as shown.

The portion or flap I5 is folded upwardly into 20 the box and againstthe inner face of the front 9 and then folded on the line 2I and then onthe line 22, so as to provide a horizontal portion between the foldlines ZI and 22 which carries the holes I6 as shown in Figure 4. Thepart 23 25 below the fold line 22 of the flap I5 extends downwardly ashort distance in spaced relation to the main part of the flap I5 andthen slopes downwardly into contact with said main part as shown inFigure 4. The flap I4 ex- 30 tends downwardly over the part 23 and itssloping portion and then continues downwardly into contacting relationwith the lower portion of the part I5 as also shown in Figure 4. Thelower ends of the front 9, the flap I5 and the flap I4, are connectedtogether by the staples 21. As will be seen from Figure 4, the foldingof the flap I4 and its extension will place the striking surfaces I8 andIS in parallel relation and immediately under the parts carrying theholes IT.

The matches 8 pass downwardly through the holes I! and I6 with theirheads lowermost and said heads are located in the space formed by theportions I5 and 23.

Thus, by pulling upon the exposed end of the match its head will bedrawn through a hole I6 and a hole I? and as it passes between thestriking surfaces I8 and I9 the head of the match will be ignited.

The slide herein generally designated by the numeral 6 comprises therectangular main body portion 33 having on opposite sides flaps 34, 35adapted to be bent'on the lines 3B, 3?, respectively. On opposite endsof the body portion 33 are short flaps 38, 39 which form the top andbottom respectively of the slide. The flap 39 has a long extension 49adapted to be positioned as shown in Figure 2 behind the match chamber;while the flap 38 has a shorter extension l which is adapted to assumethe position shown in Figure 6 and in Figure 1 to hold the cigarettes inthe container. The flap 38 and the extension form the cover of thecontainer which is displaceable in a conventional manner as shown inFigure'2 to expose the contents of the slide.

7 Although I have shown and described herein a preferred embodiment ofmy invention, it is to be definitely understood that I do not desire tolimit the application of the invention thereto,

and any change or changes may be made in material 'and structure andarrangement of parts, within the spirit of the invention and.

I the scope of the subjoined claim.

What -is claimed is:-

A container of the class described comprising a casing having its endsopen and'its front terminating an appreciable distance from one of saidends at the upper end of the front, a flap connected with the said upperend and extend- 7 ing inwardly a short distance and then downwardly inspaced relation to the inner'face of the front, the inwardly extendingportion having a longitudinally extending row of holes therein, a flapconnected with the lower end of the front extending upwardly intocontact with the inner face of the front and then bent at right anglesand then downwardly a short distance at right angles to the inwardlyextending portion and then sloping downwardly into contact with anintermediate portion of that part of the flap which contacts the front,the: inwardly extending portion having a row of holes therein, and thespace below the hole carrying portion receiving the heads of thematches, the stems of which pass through the two sets of holes, thefirst mentioned depending portion contacting the downwardly extendingportion of the lower flap and extending to the bottom of the casing, andmeans for fastening the parts together, and striking surfaces on theadjacent faces of the first mentioned depending portion and the frontimmediately under the first mentioned hole carrying portion.

HERMON AUGUST LUBKE.

